tklauba7216
tklauba7216
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Bio
Around 14 years ago I was hurled into the culinary industry as I began to date and eventually marry a chef. I had no idea what I was getting myself into - the long nights with little to no communication, the cheating, the lying, the alcohol abuse - the good, the bad and the ugly if you will. After 9 years of it - I ran...I ran all the way to NYC sight unseen determined to get away from it all - not knowing anyone east of the Mississippi, I knew it was my clean break.
Boy was I wrong! I met the love of my life - who is also a CHEF and a damn good one at that. He is very well traveled - having been born in Chicago and lived in Philly, NYC, Miami, Las Vegas and San Francisco - needless to say he knows a thing or two about a thing or two in the kitchen.
I am spoiled, loved and thankful everyday for my chef - but lets not get carried away...there are some not so glorious moments that go with it.
The culinary industry is plagued with substance abuse - whether drugs or alcohol which go hand in hand with depression, anxiety, PTSD and other kinds of mental illness. There are demons that haunt the people who work kitchens - suicide rates are higher than they have ever been. We’re talking about people who work their asses off for hours for the satisfaction of presenting something so flavorful, beautifully mind blowing...that is gone in a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds. Something that many of us...the diners, the critics, the yelpers, and foodie wannabes take for granted.
This being said...
My goal and purpose for this entire site/blog is to let those who need it to know they are not alone in their struggles - there are others out there, feeling the exact same thing. I also would like to support those of us that are behind the scenes of the sweet and savory lifestyle - those of us alone while our significant others are flourishing in all they do and putting in the hours, with blood, sweat and tears. To know you too - are not alone.
I am almost 34 years old - have an almost 6 month old baby and am married to an Executive Chef who has battled it all just the same. Does this make me an expert? No. It does make me experienced with this industry and all the dirty little secrets that no one talks about.
I’m here to make the stigma disappear, to make it a little uncomfortable, to make it real.
Come with me...
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